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Summary: Prep your tools and bat for a tall ceramic planter to make the throwing process easier and more efficient. Learn how to prep tools and wheel bat with tips from a master potter in this free ceramics video.
Chris Cook received a BFA in ceramics and sculpture from Southern Oregon University where he studied raku, studio ceramics, stoneware, and various firing techniques under Jim Romberg....read more
"Okay, now that we're ready to sit down behind this wheel, we want to make sure that we have all our needle and parts sorted out so we're not getting up and walking around the studio trying to find our needle tool. So I start by cleaning off the wheel head, drying it up right there. Because it's plastic, it's a plastic bat I have on here and it makes it really difficult to stick these guys on. Put that in the reclaim. And, like I, we got our rubber rib, our needle tool, a potter's knife, wire cutter and two natural sponges. Now we're ready to take this and all our tools are nice and sorted out and you know exactly where they are. We got our water and a piece of clay and that's all nice and wedged up. And we're going to attach this to the wheel head and throw a big, old flowerpot."
eHow Article: Tall Ceramic Planter Bat & Tool Prep